Lancaster, Pennsylvania markets itself as developer-friendly, but according to one veteran developer, the city’s complex permitting processes and cultural preferences create significant barriers for outside capital – a dynamic that may protect local interests while limiting the resources needed for large-scale urban revitalization. According to John Meeder, President of Meeder Development Corporation, Lancaster’s mix of ...
The Caribbean real estate market operates on fundamentally different financing principles than North American markets, creating both significant barriers to entry and extraordinary opportunities for investors with available capital, according to an industry expert. David Kafka, broker/owner of RE/MAX 1st Choice Belize, says financing remains one of the most misunderstood elements of Caribbean real estate. ...
Over the past decade, social media has become a major force in real estate business development. Joseph Bograd, leader of The Bograd Team, has leveraged digital marketing to expand his real estate operations from Pennsylvania into Florida and New Jersey, amassing more than 300,000 social media followers in the process. Building a Business Amid Crisis ...
South Florida’s property management sector is undergoing rapid consolidation, with institutional-grade service providers gaining ground over traditional mom-and-pop operators. This shift is driven by rising demand from both domestic and international investors seeking reliable, professional oversight of rental properties, as well as growing expectations for transparency and efficiency. Threshold, a Miami-based property management firm, exemplifies ...
Secondary markets across the United States are navigating new realities in the wake of the pandemic, but few illustrate these complexities as clearly as Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While residential home prices have climbed 10.7% year-over-year to a median of $280,000, the city’s commercial sector is facing significant obstacles. This divergence highlights both the strengths and the ...
The South Florida industrial real estate market is moving past the volatility that followed the pandemic-era surge, with investors and owners settling into a new phase defined by more realistic pricing and renewed deal activity. After a period of uncertainty, brokers and buyers are reporting a measurable uptick in transactions and a clearer sense of ...
Tampa Bay is making headlines as a leading foreclosure market nationally, but according to St. Petersburg realtor Joshua Neitz, the data tells a misleading story. The foreclosure surge isn’t evidence of a broad housing crisis – it’s the collapse of a specific investor class that over-leveraged on short-term rental properties during the pandemic boom. Neitz ...
The self storage development sector is facing a major slowdown. Industry data indicates that up to 75% of development projects currently in the pipeline have stalled or been abandoned, leading to a sharp drop in new supply. For Brandon Grebe, CEO and co-founder of Uplift Development Group, this environment is not a roadblock but an ...
M Square Commercial’s Brittany Megrath on how rising costs are reshaping retail development strategy Commercial real estate developers face a straightforward problem in 2025: land costs, construction expenses, and capital access all increased simultaneously while single-tenant economics became increasingly challenging. The solution emerging across multiple markets involves splitting costs between two tenants rather than one, ...
The hotel financing market faces an unexpected risk in 2026 that could undermine any benefits from Federal Reserve rate cuts: the possibility that political influence over monetary policy could backfire and actually push borrowing costs higher. Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel, says the anticipated replacement of the Fed chair in May 2026 ...
The hotel financing landscape has quietly split into two distinct markets, with regional banks retreating from larger deals and debt funds aggressively filling the void, according to a capital markets expert tracking the shift. Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel, says the division occurs around the $20-25 million transaction threshold, where regional banks’ ...
New York State leads the nation in historic tax credit utilization, processing more projects in the last decade than another other state. At the center of this activity is Preservation Studios, a Buffalo-based firm that has managed over half of the state’s historic tax credit projects over the past ten years, representing $1.4 billion in total ...
The Richmond industrial real estate market is facing a persistent supply-demand imbalance, creating opportunities for smaller developers to address needs overlooked by institutional players focused on large-scale distribution centers. This shortage has lasted more than two decades and shows no sign of easing, as evidenced by recent projects such as the Pony Farm Industrial Park ...
Miami’s luxury real estate market operates as a patchwork of distinct submarkets, each shaped by price, building age, and location. While industry reports cite 19 months of inventory in the luxury condo sector, this headline figure masks the realities agents encounter daily. Demand, pricing, and absorption rates vary sharply between neighborhoods, buildings, and price brackets, ...
Geography is destiny in real estate, and one Miami-based operator believes he’s identified a geographic arbitrage opportunity that most investors are missing: the compressed distance between wealth and affordable housing in Palm Beach County. Alejandro Gershanik of BM2 Realty, who has been heavily investing in Palm Beach area properties throughout 2025, argues that the physical ...
